ok i need some more help...the breaks in my track are really really REALLY!!! squeaky...they work and everyhting just is really embarsing when u can hear the breaks over my loud stereo

i had the front pads replaced and rotors turned ..i guess the lady cleaned the drums to..but they are squeaking again

i dont think its the fronts i think it is  the rears. i didnt think drum breaks could make any noise?? how do i fix it im really really tires of the noise

if i jump on the breaks hard from like 45-0 they will stop making noise for like 5 mins but will start back up

I have had the front do that from brake dust build up. If they put on cheap pads you could have alot of dust in the drums causing it :-/

well i am not sure if they even changed the rears anything..i think the last time that was done was when my grandpa used to change his own breaks...

can i dismantle the drums and clean them or something??

could new drum(shoes or pads?) be the reason it is not shutting up?

sry i have so many questions

Ya my front disk breaks squeek now and then. But its natural for disk breaks to squeek so I'm not too worried.

yah but how do i fix the drums???

the skweak every stop lol and loudly

well i am not sure if they even changed the rears anything..i think the last time that was done was when my grandpa used to change his own breaks...

can i dismantle the drums and clean them or something??

could new drum(shoes or pads?) be the reason it is not shutting up?

sry i have so many questions

Yes, you can. I would first, take off the drum and see how your rear brake shoes look.

You will have to take off the wheels, then, take out the 4 center nuts (some trucks don't have these center nuts, so don't be too worried if you don't see them). Make sure your parking brake is off, and then bang on the drum once or twice with a hammer (rubber mallets or BFH's seem to work better but I've used a carpenters hammer before) It should come loose, and you should be able to pull it off.

Take a look at your shoes now, and also, take a look at how much dust might be back there. Some brake cleaner and a rag should do the trick.

If you have to replace the shoes, it's not that hard, you will just need to pay attention to what you take off, and then put it back on the same way with the new shoes. You might need a drum brake tool kit. (you can find them at most auto parts stores) Depends on how agile and handy you are.



You might also take a close look at your pads up front, as well as your new rotors. Maybe you caught a rock in between the pad and the rotor, and that is what is squeaking, or maybe it's the aftermath of a rock and now your shiny new rotor has a groove in it. (done this before   )

Hope this helps.

Heather

ok sweet thanks for the advice..so ill take the tires off tommorow and see what i am working with

i wouldnt put it past les schwab to have screwed my parents on the front breaks

my parents dont think i know anything about cars so they wont even talk to me when i say ill do something to the car..meh whatever

so tommorow i may be askin for more help =)

I had squeaky Brakes (not breaks) I thought
you wanted to talk about front axles or something
when I clicked on this post.

As I was saying, I had squeaky Brakes until I went
driving up and down the Santa Anna River about
2 to 3 feet deep water, has never squeaked since.

Could be the water washed the pads down and fixed
the problem, I dunno but they don't squeek now, and
I'm on about #5 set of pads and #3 set shoes  

Wild

i always get those 2 words messed up..damn it lol

i guess ill just take them apart and clean them tommorow...anything special i should use? or just brake(=)) cleaner and water?

Skip the work, go wheelin in a river  

ok where do i find one the stock track can go through =) ill do it =)

Brakes are over rated.....steerin' and gearin' man